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Nigerian pastor under fire for congratulating Trump
Nigerian pastor under fire for congratulating Trump
The Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin, has come under heavy criticism over a congratulatory message to Donald Trump for winning the US Presidential Election.
Trump had defeated Vice-President Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party.
On Saturday, Adefarasin in a post on X, shared pictures of himself and his wife, Ifeanyi Adefarasin, alongside Trump, and congratulated the president-elect on a “remarkable victory”.
He prayed for Trump, saying God’s favour and wisdom will be upon him.
The post titled, ‘Congratulations to President Donald J Trump on this remarkable victory’, read in part: “In times like these, we are reminded of the hand of the Lord working in ways that confound human understanding, and drives back the darkness so that the Spirit of God may accomplish His eternal purpose in the world.
“For those with ears to hear and eyes to see, this is a call for righteousness to reign in the matters of men, as He dismantles the architecture and systems of darkness among the nations thereby paving the way for His blessing to come upon the nations that seek His face.
“As you again rise to role as leader of the free world and the president of these United States, may the light of righteousness shine ever brighter upon your face, shores and the nations at large. May His good will, favour and wisdom attend to you always.”
Reacting, some Nigerians took to the comment section to berate the clergy.
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See some of the reactions below:
@lekside34: “Only God Almighty will judge you all and know those that are truly his. I leave it at that. He is watching us all and will judge us all accordingly.”
@fmzybaba: “Here you are pastor celebrating the victory of “light” in a far land, when you infact supported “darkness” here in Nigeria. Tor, let God be the Judge!”
@GFCCLASSIC: “When it comes to Nigeria elections, you speak from both sides of your mouth. You’re congratulating a man who won a well organised election without fraud, unlike in Nigeria, where you support criminals who rig elections. Shame on you for being an accomplice to bad governance.”
@kins∅∅5: “This is a misplaced priority. You advocated for Saul emerge, even when there were better options with capacity, competent and integrity but you went for Saul because he’s from your tribe. See where saul has brought us as a Nation.”
@UdokaKristian: “Religious businesses have become another cartel Nigerians need to look into.”
@Nipsseybaby: “To speak about naija politics na problem but una dey congratulate who no send una.”
@relotobi: “Political Pastor Saul…you didn’t preach righteousness at Nigeria’s election o. You preached Saul to come before David, darkness to come before light.”
@ndukwe_ume9697∅: “See this one o, where una dey keep una conscience when e reach Nigeria matter?”
@MawaiYabo: “Righteousness exalts a nation. Isn’t Nigeria good enough for exaltation?”
@henryezeanya: “Lol, here you are spitting “Righteousness exhausts a nation, but sin is a reproach”, but in your home country where your religious business headquarter is, sin and evil is in leadership, but you do not have the boldness to speak truth to them! Cowards!!!!”
Nigerian pastor under fire for congratulating Trump
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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that about 200,000 repentant terrorists have so far dropped their arms and surrendered to troops in the North East, noting that the twin strategy of kinetic and non-kinetic operations was responsible for this achievement.
The CDS made this known at the Security and Justice Symposium organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the British High Commission, which began at the National Counterterrorism Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.
He disclosed that the theme of the symposium, ”Securing Peace, Ensuring Justice, Protection, Conduct, and Accountability,” speaks volumes about the deluge of security challenges the armed forces and security agencies are facing.
His words, “All the challenges we are facing today have to do with fairness, equity, justice, and accountability.
“There will not be peace without justice, equity, fairness, and accountability. In our operations, we are conducting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, which have to a large extent yielded significant successes, and we want to particularly thank the National Security Adviser for his great support in this regard.
“Nigeria is going through so many challenges, and we feel we’re able to address this, and everybody has a sense of belonging. A lot of the security challenges we are having, we are sure, will go down. I want to thank the National Security Advisor for all the support he’s given us, both the kinetic and the non-kinetic.
“We have said it; the kinetic aspect is just less than 30%. The non-kinetic has a lot to play. The non-kinetic, because when you have democracy, people must have the evidence of democracy. As long as it tells people to sleep well and be peaceful, and they are hungry, their children cannot eat, and all this creates more problems.
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“The issue of informants. We have to look at how we tackle this issue of informants. Because these are the people who have created the issue.
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
The spokesperson for the police in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.
Mr Edafe, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Warri, said that the deceased were killed from the bullets shot by their gang members.
According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot-out.
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“The suspects were arrested at Effurun roundabout with a bag containing 57 live cartridges and other items. They were leading the surveillance team to their hideout at Warri/Sapele road when their gang members, on sighting the vehicle of the police team, engaged them in a shootout.During the gun duel, the arrested suspects that were leading the police team were fatally wounded by the gun shot of their colleagues. The two injured suspects were taken to the hospital and later died while receiving treatment,” he said.
Mr Edafe said that items recovered from the hoodlums hideout included: one English pump action gun, one locally made cut-to-size gun and eight live cartridges.
Others were: six iPhones, Smart phones and a Rolex wrist watch.
He said that the command had intensified manhunt on the fleeing members of the gang.
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
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